Lady&#39;s undergarment



Nov. 4 1924. 1,514,221

E. G. MUNZER LADYS UNDERGARMENT Filed Feb. 20, 1932 Patented Nov. 4,1924.

UNETED STATES ERWIN G. MUNZER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LADY S UNDERGARMENT.

Application filed February 20, 1922.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ERWIN Gr. MUNZER, a

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the countyof Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ladies Undergarments; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a novel under garment for ladies wear in thenature of a combined chemise and knicker, the upper part of the garmentfitting loosely about the waist and the bust, and the lower part of thegarment being shaped to fit loosely over the hips, and formed at itslower end to produce short leg portions and above the crotch with a dropflap which is formed at its lower side as part of the material of thegarment, and is free at its side and top margins to fit over and lapbeyond a seat opening, and is detachably fastened at itstop margin tothe rear side of the garment near its waist line.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of the partsshown in the drawing and described in the specification, and is pointedout in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a rear view of a garment embodying my invention.

Figures 2 and 3 are plan views of the front and rear portions of thegarment.

Figure 4 is a plan view of one half portion of the drop seat flap andleg portion.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

The garment 10 is made of four parts, one front portion 11, one rearportion 12, and two drop seat flap leg portions 13. The front and rearportions are similar in general outline, comprising straight bust andback port-ions 14, 15, respectively, and outwardly curved or widened hipportions 16, 17, respectively. The front and rear portions, laid one onthe other, are sewed together at their side margins along side seamswhich extend from the top margins 18 to points indicated at 19 on thesaid front and rear portions, leaving the margins of the front and rearportions free below said points 19 to form loosely open outer legportions. The portions thus sewed together Seriall No. 537,763.

produce a tubular, free fitting, shirt-like garment which can besuspended from the shoulders in any suitable manner. Straps 20 areherein shown for this purpose, although arm holes at the top of thegarment will serve the same purpose.

The front portion 11 of the garment is cut at its lower margin toproduce an inverted, V-shaped crotch notch 21. The rear portion 12 iscentrally cut away from its lower margin upwardly to produce a deep widenotch 22. Said notch forms at the sides of said rear portion back legportions 23, 23, and the upper part of said notch is suificiently highto produce a seat opening 24:, which isindicated in dotted outline inFigure 1 and full lines in Figure 3.

Each drop seat flap and leg part 13 comprises a lower rear leg portion25 and an upper half seat flap portion 26. One straight, outer margin 27of each seat flap part, at the lower end thereof, is short and isadapted to be stitched to the inner margin 22 of the appropriate rearleg portion 23. Above said short margin. 27 each closing flap partisoffset outwardly to produce a short, offset margin 29, from whence theremaining longer length 30 of the outer margin extends at a small,oblique, inward angle to the top margin 31. The other or inner margin ofeach said closing flap part comprises a longer, straight,'obliqueportion 32 and a shorter, lower, curved portion 33, which meetsthe lowercurved margin of the leg portion of said closing flap part, as shown inFigure 1. The offset margins 29 are lapped over on the rear leg portions23 and are stoutly stitched thereto. Said ofi'- set portions of theclosing flap parts define the bottom or folding line of the closing flapwhen the two flap parts are stitched together along their margins 32, asmost clearly indicated in Figure 1.

The manner of applying the closing flap and leg parts 13 to the rearportion 12 is indicated by the dotted outline in Figure 3, wherein itwill be noted that the margins 27 slightly overlap the margins 22 andare stitched thereto to constitute the rear inner leg portion of thegarment, as best shown in Figure 1. The inner margins 32 of the dropflap parts are stitched together from their top margins 31 toapproximately the points indicated at 33 on Figure 4, and which is atthe crotch of the complete garment shown in Figure 1. The lower parts ofsaid inner curved margins from the points 33' to the bottom edges are,in the finished garment, stitched to the margins 35 of the crotch notch21 of the front garment portion, the latter seam appearing in front ofthe garment and being below the garment crotch as shown in Figures 1 and5. The crotch may be reinforced in the usual or any preferred manner, asshown in Figure 1. 1

The lower ends of the leg portions of the garment may be finished tosuit the taste of the maker. As shown, the inner sides of the legs areclosed, and the outer sides may be open downwardly from the pointsindicated on Figures 2 and 3 at 19, and indicated by the turned-backpart 12 of the back portion 12, as shown in Figure 1. If desired,however, the outer sides of the legs may be closed to the bottom edge.

I claim as my invention:

1. The garment described made tubular from end to end and comprising abust and waist portion, a widened hip portion and leg portions, saidgarment being made of like shaped back and front portions, the backportion having a deep upwardly opening wide notch extending from thelower margin of said legportions upwardly to constitute a seat openingand forming at the sides of the notch rear leg portions, and a legforming and drop seat portion stitched to the inner marginsv of the backleg portions and to the front garment portion below the crotch and tothe back portion outwardly beyond said notch and extending upwardly as.a free seat opening closing flap.

2. An under garment comprising two likeshaped front and rear portions toform a tubular waist and bust portion, a lower, wider hip portion andleg portions, the front. portion having at its lower margin a shallowcrotch notch and the rear portion having a deep notch to form rear legportions and a seat opening, and a leg forming and drop seat portionstitched at its lower part to the margins of said front and rear notchesdownwardly below the garment crotch and free above the crotch toconstitute a seat opening closing flap.

An under garment comprising two likeshaped front and rear portions toform a tubular waist and bust portion, a lower, wider hip portion andleg portions, the front portion having at its lower margin a shallowcrotch notch and the rear portion having a deep notch opening throughits lower margin to form rear leg portions and a seat opening, and aseat opening closing flap stitched to the rear garment portion abreastthe crotch to form thereabove a seat opening closing flap, and stitchedbelow said crotch to the margins of said notches of. the front and reargarment portions to form below the crotch inner closed leg portions. 4.An under garment comprising two likeshaped front and rear portions toform a tubular waist and bust portion, a lower, wider hip portion andleg portions, the front por tion having at its lower margin a shallowcrotch notch and the rear portion having a deep notch to form lateralrear leg portions and an intermediate seat opening, ing, and a seatopening closing flap stitched to the rear garment portion abreast thecrotch to form thereabove a seat opening closing flap, and stitchedbelow said crotch to the margins of the front and rear garment portionnotches to form at the crotch inner closed leg portions, the sidemargins of the front and rear garment portions being unattached to eachother below a point abreast the crotch.

5. An under garment comprising two likeshaped front and rear portionsto' form a tubular waist and bust portion, a lower, wider hip portionand leg portions, the front portion having at its lower margin a shallowcrotch notch and the rear portion having a deep notch opening throughthe lower margin thereof to form rear leg portions and a seat opening,and two like-shaped parts having lower leg forming portions stitched attheir marginsto the margins of the front and rear notches and stitchedtogether at their adjacent side margins from the crotch to the upper endmargins thereof to constitute a seat opening closing flap.

ln witness whereof I clain'i the foregoing as my invention, I hereuntoappend my signature this 1.0 day of February, 1922.

ERV-VIN G. MUNZER.

